Four men, including an actor, are charged with drug trafficking

KUALA LUMPUR: An actor in the Malay drama “Hati Tanpa Rasa”, Said Muhammad Ismail Said Pakir, who also owns an e-cigarette shop, and three of his friends have been charged with drug trafficking at his shop.

The actor, along with two of his employees Sarvinder Singh Hernam Singh, 23, and Delson Dean Samson Akmal, 26, and burger vendor Muhammad Amir Hafiz Zamani, 30, have been charged with trafficking 494 grams of cannabis at a vape shop in Taman OUG Parklane, Off Jalan Klang Lama here at 21:45 last 3rd January.

They were brought to the magistrate’s court to face the charges last January 10, but no plea was taken from anyone after the charges were read before Magistrate Wong Chai Sia, as the case falls under the jurisdiction of the High Court falls.

The charge was formulated in Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and read together with Section 34 of the Criminal Code.

They face death or up to nine strokes of the cane and life imprisonment if found guilty.

The case came up before Wong today, during which Assistant District Attorney Sareeka Balakrishnan requested a new citation date for filing the chemist’s report.

The court then set March 31 as the reference.

Attorney Mohamed Ashmeer Ashrof represented Said Muhammad Ismail, Delson Dean and Muhammad Amir Hafiz, while Sarvinder Singh was represented by attorney Shastidaran Sathaiseelan. – Bernama